RVARC is a leader in driving collaboration and strategy within our communities on issues critical to the economic growth, quality of life, and sustainability in the region. The Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (RVARC) has been serving its member governments for over 40 years. Formed in 1969, the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission is one of 21 regional planning agencies in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Regional Commission is not a State agency, but was established by its member governments through a charter agreement under Virginia law as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The Regional Commission serves the governments, businesses, and citizens of Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Franklin and Roanoke Counties, the cities of Covington, Roanoke, and Salem, and the towns of Clifton Forge, Rocky Mount, and Vinton. The Commission brings together local governments and other organizations to promote discussion and actions on issues of regional importance. PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY
The purpose of this site is to present matters of public interest in the region, including its many residents, businesses and visitors. We at the Regional Commission encourage you to submit your questions, comments, and concerns, but please note this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum. However, given the need to manage our staff resources (your tax dollars), we generally only monitor comments and postings during regular business hours. We want to publish your comments, but we expect comments generally to be courteous. To that end, we have established the following policy in regard to the posting of comments, and we reserve the discretion not to post comments that are inconsistent with our policy. Comments should avoid:
1. Vulgar language
2. Personal attacks of any kind
3. Comments or content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, genetics, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or intellectual disability or sexual orientation
4. Spam or links to other sites
5. Clearly off topic
6. Advocate illegal activity
7. Promote particular services, products, or political organizations. (Note that non-commercial links that are relevant to the topic or another comment are acceptable)
8. Infringe on copyrights or trademarks
9. Personally identifiable medical information
10. Information that may compromise the safety, security or proceedings of public systems or any criminal or civil investigations. Please note that the comments expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect the opinions and position of our member government, its officers and employees. If you have any questions concerning the operation of this online moderated discussion site, please contact the Communications Office at the Regional Commission. [email protected]
Identical posts by the same user (please don't submit over and over expecting the post to show up faster) or multiple users (a group of people sending identical messages or one person submitting under different aliases). In the case of identical posts, we will post the first submission. Copyrighted and other proprietary material should not be posted or submitted in any form unless permission to do so is clearly indicated. In posting his or her own comments or other work, a commenter grants the Regional Commission and anyone viewing the Regional Commission’s site/page irrevocable permission to copy, distribute, make derivatives, display or perform the commenter's work publicly and free-of-charge.
